Fix Betta Breeding Guide

[eiginh]

Hi Mods,

The article in the betta care guide suggest to not have bettas inhabiting bowls or jar and that it needs a lot of attention and care. "Contrary to popular opinion a Betta cannot live in a BETTA BOWL or such similar sized tank. I would say the minimum for a truly happy Betta is 5 gallons." & "They can become depressed and will "sulk" if they are left alone with no attention for a period of time" Then on the betta breeding guide it states "The betta requires a small container (bowl or jar),...It doesn't require a lot of intense attention and care." The statements from the breeding guide is contrary to the betta guide. Does this mean that when breeding them they could be in smaller containers or does the article need to be fixed?

Thank you.

Both quotes found on:
http://www.fishlore.com/Articles/BreedingBettas.htm and http://www.fishlore.com/Articles/bet...care-guide.htm

[aquarist48]

Hello eiginh. Hope you're doing well.
I've moved your thread to the "forum issues" section of the forum. I'm sure Mike will check it out. Thanks for bringing it up.
Ken

[mathas]

Originally Posted by eiginh

The article in the betta care guide suggest to not have bettas inhabiting bowls or jar and that it needs a lot of attention and care. "Contrary to popular opinion a Betta cannot live in a BETTA BOWL or such similar sized tank. I would say the minimum for a truly happy Betta is 5 gallons." & "They can become depressed and will "sulk" if they are left alone with no attention for a period of time" Then on the betta breeding guide it states "The betta requires a small container (bowl or jar),...It doesn't require a lot of intense attention and care." The statements from the breeding guide is contrary to the betta guide. Does this mean that when breeding them they could be in smaller containers or does the article need to be fixed?

I think you'll find most people on this forum agree with the betta care guide you linked to, rather than the breeding guide. Small containers are useful for growing out male juveniles, if you can keep a constant temperature and do daily water changes, but most people don't pull off one of those two, let alone both.

As far as changing the breeding guide, Mike has said in the past that any article listing Aquarticles as the source is something we can't/shouldn't edit (post #24), I assume because they're reposted with permission and the content isn't ours to manipulate. Maybe he can add a note to bottom of the article as he mentioned in the thread I linked to, though

Or maybe it can be replaced altogether with MM's breeding guide, which seems more thorough anyway (except the explanation of tail types, which has also been covered here).

[Shawnie]

Originally Posted by mathas

Or maybe it can be replaced altogether with MM's breeding guide, which seems more thorough anyway (except the explanation of tail types, which has also been covered here).

thats what ive left a message for mike to do

[eiginh]

Cool, Thanks guys! I started looking at the guides b/c I saw a lot of new threads about Betta's.